Online Masters in Humanities in USA

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OnlineFull timePart time30 weeksJanuary 2017USACambridge
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Become an innovative leader with new R&D strategies for improving classrooms, schools and educational systems.
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Online Masters in Humanities in USA.
Average Length: 6 weeks per course
Effort: 2-4 hours per week, per course
Number Of Courses: 5 Courses in Program
Subject: Education & Teacher Training
Institution: The University of Michigan
Institution Offering Credit: The University of Michigan
Language: English
Video Transcripts: English
Price (USD): $199-249 per course
Become an innovative leader with new R&D strategies for improving classrooms, schools and educational systems.
Education systems around the world face the central challenge of finding innovative solutions and techniques for improving student performance. This challenge is shared by teachers, teacher-leaders, and principals who are responsible for improving opportunities to learn, with two goals: raising average levels of student performance and reducing achievement gaps between students.
Beyond schools, leaders in district offices, government agencies, professional associations, and other non-governmental enterprises also share the challenge of improving student performance at scale across entire schools, districts, and systems.
Developed in collaboration with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - and drawing on the expertise of leading researchers, innovators, and practitioners - the Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement MicroMasters Program will empower learners to collaborate and strengthen educational opportunities and outcomes for millions of students, especially those currently underserved by their public schools.
This MicroMasters Program will develop learners’ knowledge of educational innovation, research, and practice to enable them to improve the education and lives of children in their own schools and beyond.
More information on the MicroMasters Program can be found at the University of Michigan website.
Job Outlook
Teachers will have the knowledge, and may be able to pursue the credentials, to become active members of improvement teams and initiatives in their schools and districts.
Leaders within the K-12 governance structure will have the knowledge, and may be able to pursue the credentials, to develop and manage inter-organizational teams able to effectively use leading methods of educational innovation and improvement.
NOTE: Teachers and leaders should consult appropriate agencies to discuss possibilities for continuing education credit.
program developer; external coach/implementation support; improvement specialist; project manager; grant writer; policy analyst; program officer.
Career opportunities as grade-level team leader; content-area improvement specialist; instructional coach; school improvement team member;
Reformers beyond the K-12 governance structure will have the knowledge, and may be able to pursue the credentials, to use leading methods of educational innovation and improvement to secure funding for their work.
Reformers can establish organizations and strategies supporting large-scale improvement; and manage their collaboration with school, districts, and systems.
What You'll Learn:
To envision new possibilities for the work of students and teachers in classrooms.
To understand alternative logics and strategies for organizing the practice of educational innovation.
To examine the application of the emerging field of improvement science to the practice of educational innovation.
To explore innovation and improvement in large-scale educational reform initiatives in the US and around the world.
To improve your own practice as an educator, innovator, and/or reformer.
To develop and manage teams that use disciplined, evidence-based methods of educational innovation and improvement.
To employ disciplined, evidence-based methods of educational innovation and improvement to manage collaborations among schools, districts, and systems.
MicroMasters Program Details
How To Earn The MicroMasters Credential
Complete and successfully earn a Verified Certificate in all five courses.
Take Your Credential To The Next Level
Learners who have successfully earned the MicroMasters Credential may receive course credit for four Masters of Arts classes (12 credit hours; the equivalent of two elective courses and two cognate courses) if they apply, and are admitted, to the Masters of Arts programs in Educational Leadership and Policy, Teaching and Learning, New Media and Literacies, or Urban Pedagogy at the University of Michigan’s School of Education.
Courses
Leading Ambitious Teaching and Learning
Learn why ambitious teaching and learning may be the key to global educational improvement and how to put it into practice.
Logics of Educational Innovation and Improvement
Learn leading strategies for educational innovation to improve practice, raise student performance, and reduce achievement gaps.
Improvement Science in Education
Learn how to apply principles and practices of improvement science to improve educational practice, raise student performance
Case Studies in Continuous Educational Improvement
Learn about leading approaches to continuous educational improvement through case studies of educational innovation.
Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement Capstone
Apply your knowledge and demonstrate mastery, personal growth, and competency along dimensions central to leading educational...
What is a MicroMasters Program?
Developed to advance a career and born from Master's programs of leading universities, MicroMasters programs are a series of higher-level courses recognized by companies for real job relevancy, and may accelerate a Master's degree.
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OnlineFull timePart time36 weeksJanuary 2017USACambridge
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Earn a MicroMasters from the #1 ranked School of Social Work to advance your career.
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Average Length: 6 weeks per course
Effort: 8-10 hours per week, per course
Number Of Courses: 6 Courses in Program
Subject: Health & Safety, Social Sciences
Institution: The University of Michigan
Institution Offering Credit: The University of Michigan
Language: English
Video Transcripts: English
Price (USD): $49-199 per course
Earn a MicroMasters from the #1 ranked School of Social Work to advance your career.
Want to make a difference? Reach out, raise hope, and change society?
This innovative MicroMasters Program provides an advanced, professional sequence of courses in social work so you can gain the skills needed to empower individuals, families, communities and organizations to meet needs and create positive changes.
You will gain a greater understanding of social work practice, an awareness of the history and impact of policy on the provision of key social services, and an appreciation for the research that supports effective practice.
Build on this credential and take advantage of a great opportunity to be accepted into the #1 ranked social work Masters Degree program for a fraction of the cost.
Job Outlook
Participants can use this certificate to improve their career in related fields of practice (e.g., criminal justice, child welfare, aging services). This program could also meet an organization’s goals for continuing professional education for workers.
Career Opportunities Include: Child Welfare Specialist, Foster Care/Adoption Worker, Psychiatric Social Worker, Community Organizer, Therapist, Probation Officer
Manager/Program Coordinator, Medical Social Worker, Policy Analyst, Social Work Researcher, Geriatric Social Worker
What You'll Learn:
To apply key skills in working with individuals, families, communities, and organizations to promote positive changes and make a difference.
To integrate social justice values into social change processes and actions.
To understand the key knowledge bases and frameworks that social workers use to guide their work at the micro, mezzo and macro levels of practice.
How social policies and research impact everyday practice with individuals, families, and communities experiencing challenges in their day to day lives.
MicroMasters Program Details
How To Earn The MicroMasters Credential
Complete and successfully earn a Verified Certificate in all six courses.
Take Your Credential To The Next Level
Completion of this MicroMasters Program will provide participants who apply and are accepted to the University of Michigan School of Social Work an opportunity to be considered for an accelerated pathway to complete the MSW program.
Courses
Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change
Learn the values, techniques, and themes social workers use to help others as well as strategies for addressing social justice challenges.
Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Small Groups
Learn how to assess and design appropriate intervention strategies for individuals, families, and small groups.
Diversity and Social Justice in Social Work
Increase your knowledge and critical thinking skills related to diversity, human rights and social justice and injustice.
Social Work: Research
Learn about the importance of an evidence-based approach in social work practice and how to conduct effective research.
Social Work Practice in Community Organization, Management and Policy/Evaluation
Learn about macro social work and how to have large scale impact on entire communities and systems of care.
Social Welfare Policy and Services
Learn about the history of social welfare policy, services, and the social work profession.
What is a MicroMasters Program?
Developed to advance a career and born from Master's programs of leading universities, MicroMasters programs are a series of higher-level courses recognized by companies for real job relevancy, and may accelerate a Master's degree.
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